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How is content corrolated....the learning curve

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When you log-in to the community site the landing page has these tabs. Question: What Blogs, Forums, Docs are culled to generate the listing?

I assumed all of blogs, forums and docs content but my current work has proven otherwise. I posted to the blog in RoadTest and it did not appear on this list. In order to see the RoadTest blog content, I have to go look for it in RoadTest. I rather like the Content option on the old site. I rarely move from the main page. I noticed /members/lui_5f00_gough made a post that did appear on the landing page listing. I have attempted to recreate that by trying this blog location.

Question: Since I have needed the feature twice in this post, How do you copy and paste a members name and just get the name link and not the full URL, as can be seen in this post for Gough_lui and jancumps below? Are we forced to use the Insert> link and do the work ourselves?

Another Question, the printing while I am typing the post is small. I have to use the edit menu to create large. Anyone have insight into how to change these defaults and store them as a user preference?

My participation in the E14 community has dipped since the site was upgraded. Until a few days ago, technical issues rendered me speechless. A few of my posts or replies to post made it through but the majority never succeeded. I'm using a work around to access the site while those issues are open for resolution. I would like to start some discussion on Navigating the new site.

After being able to post content and then discovering where that content actually landed, I'm beginning to get some insight into how the stie behaves. I'm hoping by sharing my experience, members will join in to provide their insight. My goal is selfish. I want to regain the confidence I know how and where content is managed on the new site. I really dispise havving to look for stuff:(

When the site was first moved, I made a post looking for a one-stop-shop for all new posts. On the old site I used the menu item Content. It displayed all new content.  /members/jancumps answered my posted question for this site with some of his insight but for the life of me I can't find the post. I will also confess providing me answers of what you saw didn't help, since my issues didn't necessarily let me see the same. Pretty frustrating when someone provides you a screenshot and your screen doesn't look like it and you can't communicate that understanding. No reply assumes you concurr.

Oh well I'm back looking for your insight.

  • in reply to DAB

    I've been involved in the creation of a new, sizeable Content Management sourced website for a number of clients, including the migration of content.  It's not easy and at some point, you have to go live because the costs of not doing so are no longer justifiable.  That's the point you really get it tested, and we found the following two months to be pretty intense and the subsequent 4-6 months merely very busy!!  Search (and metadata on indexable content) needs a good deal of taxonomic tweaking once actual user search terms are being analysed - and that's even after basing the initial setup on the well-established existing website.  What I'm seeing here is nothing new in this context; Jive wasn't without its quirks!

    It's worth people sharing their knowledge and taking the time to report issues for fixing.  Sometimes these are "just the way it works" and you at least get to find that out.

  • in reply to DAB

    I'm getting there slowly now that things are consistent. Being unable to communicate, post or respond to posts was frustrating. Not seeing the screens others were seeing added to the frustration.

    I have the same browser (Chrome) on my desktop and my lamptop. The laptop works but the browser doesn't. I reset to default on both to try and identify the issue but no luck. One works and one doesn't. Go figure.

    When I see quirks, I try and capture the activity to make a post in Feedback. Given sufficient time things will begin to stablize.

  • in reply to jc2048

    Yeah I discovered that feature. Shades of what I did years ago when html was new to all. You don't miss stuff until it is gone. It was nice and easy to block on and click to insert peoples name in a post. Acknolwedgement engages people.

  • Yes, the new site has some quirks, but then each migration since I joined has experienced a time of learning and familiarity before every got back into their normal post mode.

  • I haven't found a way to do the member link other than using Insert link. You can edit the 'Text to display' so that it's just the user name, if you don't want the URL displayed. Like this:

    colporteur